For leaders

Leaders make Messy Church happen. Good leaders delegate obsessively as they see each job as an opportunity for someone else to develop as a leader. They build in an exit plan so that their Messy Church will continue if they are called to ministry in the Bahamas.

Books containing background thinking, session material and resources to grow your team and your Messy Church

A handbook for Messy Church catering teams by Jane Butcher. Messy Cooks is a handbook for everyone involved in Messy Church catering teams! As well as being a useful treasure store of practical and easy-to-prepare recipes for all your Messy Church events, it also provides tips on quantities, basic cooking skills, essential equipment and ideas for relating food to a Bible story, theme or festival.

Ideas for discipling a Christ-centred community by Lucy Moore. Alongside the usual mix of creativity, fun, Christian hospitality and thanksgiving Messy Church 2 explores the importance of discipleship, faith development and training for leadership.

Fifteen sessions for exploring the Christian life with families by Lucy Moore. A new resource for Messy Churches, providing a further 15 sessions focused around key 'Christian basics' themes such as prayer and reading the Bible. There is also an introduction exploring and addressing situations that have arisen in different Messy Churches.